Avrama Kim Blackwell

Avrama Kim Blackwell

Professor, Department of Bioengineering

Molecular Neuroscience Department: Computational and experimental approaches to the biophysical and biochemical mechanisms of long term memory storage, understanding the cellular and molecular events underlying the discrimination of spatio-temporal patterns by neurons

Kim 'Avrama' Blackwell is a professor in the Bioengineering Department and the Krasnow Institute of Advanced Studies. She has a V.M.D. (Veterinary Medicine), M.S. (Systems Engineering) and Ph.D. (Bioengineering) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr Blackwell investigate calcium dynamics and signaling pathways involved in long term memory storage. One of the fundamental, unsolved questions in neuroscience is how different spatio-temporal patterns of input produce different memories and shape information processing. She also investigates the role of dopamine in both normal reward learning, addiction and Parkinson's disease. Her lab develops novel computer software and realistic neuronal models, as well as using electrophysiology to answer these questions.